Variable speed drive



March18,1941. ES 2,235,333

VARIABLE sPEEb DRIVE Filed Nov. 17, 1939 INVEN TOR.

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ATTORNEYS.

Patented Mar. 18, 1941 Paul a. Reeves, Columbus, Ind., asslgnor to Reeves Pulley Company, Columbus, Ind., a corporation of Indiana Application November 11, 1939, Serial No. 994,39:

The present specification relates to variable speed drives, and more particularly to drives generally of the character illustrated in my prior Patent No. 2,089,711 and my co-pending application Ser. o. 266,978, filed April 10,1939. The primary object of the invention is to provide novel and simple means for axially shifting one disc of a pair cooperating to form' -a" :V-P ll of variable diameter, to vary the speed at which a cooperating V-pulley will be driven by a belt 2 running over the first-named pulley. Further objects of the invention will appear as the description proceeds.

To the accomplishment of the above and re-.

Iated objects, my invention may be embodied drawing, attention being called to the fact, how-. ever, that the drawing is illustrative only, and that change may be made in the specific construction illustrated and described. so long as the scope of the appended claims is not violated.

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a variable speed drive incorporating the shifting mechanism of the present invention, parts being shown in sectio for clarity of illustration; 1

Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the driving unit of the organization; and

Fig. 3 is a transverse section substantially on the line 3-3 of Fig. l.

will be seen that I have illustrated a base I0 upon which is supported a motor ll having a spindle l2. Mounted upon the spindle I2 is an expansible V-pulley indicated generally by the reference numeral l3 and comprising a coned disc l4 fixed to the spindle and having an elongated hub l5 projecting axially from its coned face, and a mating coned disc l8 slidably mounted upon the hub l5. Said disc I6 is formed with an axial hub ll projecting away from the rear face thereof.

The inner race i8 of a friction-reducing bearing indicated generally by the reference numeral I9, is mounted upon the hub l1 and bears against an outwardly facing shoulder 23 formed on said hub, said bearing being held against axial movement with-respect to the hub ll by a spring ring 2| seated in a peripheral groove 22 formed in r upon a shaft 44 which is shown as supported'in the'hub H.

A bearing housing 28 is formed to receive the outer race 24 of the bearing l3, said outer race being held against axial movement with respect to the bearing housing by engagement between a shoulder formed withinthe bearing housing and a holder ring 2! secured-to the end of the in the form illustratedin the accompanying Referring more particularly to the drawing, it

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bearing housing. The bearing'housingis formed withan axially projecting sleeve 23-which is internally threaded as at 21. V

The inner race 23 of a friction-reducing bear- 1 ing indicated generally by the reference numeral 29, is received u'pon .the remote end of the hub l5, bearing against an outwardly facingshoulder 30 formed on said hub and held against axial movement with respect to the hub ,II by a nut 3| or other suitable fastening means. The outer race 32 of thebearing 23 isreceived within a bearing housing 33, abutting an outwardly facing shoulder in said housing and held in place by a ring 33 suitably secured to the outer face of said housing 33. The housing 33 is formed with an axially extending sleeve 35 which is externally threaded as-at 33 for threaded cooperation with the threaded portion 21 of the sleeve 26. The bearing housing 33 may preferably be formed withspokes' 31 or the like to facilitate manual rotation thereof; and any desired means may be provided for holding said housing 33 against accidental rotation.

A bracket 38 mounted upon the motor ll, caii ries a rod 39 projecting in substantial parallelism to the spindle II. An arm 30, suitably secured to the bearing housing 23, is bifurcated as at ll to embrace 'sl'idablythe rod 33, whereby said hearing housing 23 is held against rotation while being free to move axially. It will be seen that the bearing housing 33, on the other hand, is held,

through the bearing .28, against reciprocation with respect to the hub II, while being free-to rotate about its own axis. Obviously, the described arrangement constitutes motion-converting means whereby rotation of the housing 33 will be converted into axial movement of the housing 23. Since the bearing race 24 i fixed axially with respect to the housing 23 and the bearing race I. is fixed axially with respect to the hub ll. it .will be obvious that rotation of the housing asin opposite directions will result in positive adjustment of the disc I axially in opposite directions.

An edge active belt 42 is received between the pansible V-pulley indicated generally by the refdiscs I! and i8 and drives to a resiliently exerence numeral l3,'saidpulley being mounted disc 46 by a spring 49 abutting said disc 48 and a stop nut 50 suitably secured to the remote end of the hub 41.

Obviously, as the disc I6 is backed away from the disc H, the belt 42 will be permitted to move inwardly in the groove between said discs, under the influence of the spring 49 which constantly tends to urge the disc 48 toward the disc 48, thereby squeezing the belt 42., outwardly between said discs. The result of such adjustment will be to reduce the speed of the shaft 44. As obviously, rotation of the housing 33 in the opposite direction will shift the disc l6 toward the disc ll to increase the output speed of the shaft 44.

I claim as my invention: 1. An adjustable V-pulley comprising a coned disc having an elongated hub projecting from its coned face, a mating coned disc axially slidably mounted on said hub and having a hub pro J'ecting from its outer face, an anti-friction bear-' ing comprising two coplanar, concentric races and a series of anti-friction elements confined therebetween, the inner race of said bearing being fixed to the hub of said first-mentioned disc away from said discs and threadedly associated with the sleeve of said'first-mentioned housing, and means holding said housing for said. second bearing against rotation.

2. For use with a motor having a spindle, an adjustable V-pulley comprising a coned disc fixed on said spindle and having an elongated hub projecting from its coned face away from said motor, a mating coned disc axially slidably mounted on said hub and having a hub projecting from its outer face, an anti-friction bearing comprising'two coplanar, concentric races and a series of anti-frictionelements confined therebetween, the inner race of said bearing being fixed to the hub of said first-mentioned disc beyond the hub of said second-mentioned disc, a

housing for said bearing fixedly associated with away from said discs and threadedly associated with the sleeve of said first-mentioned housing, an arm carried by said motor and projecting therefrom in parallelism with said spindle, and a perforated post radially extending from the housing for said second bearing and slidably receiving said arm.

PAUL B. REEVES. 

